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# Weekend Events Roundup: Play… with words, at the library, with fire, and more!
- URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-roundup-may-6-fortgreene/
- Published: 2016-05-06T21:53:50.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-06T21:58:11.000Z
- Author: Justin Fox
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Education, fort greene, library, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, bicycling, biking, Brooklyn Public Library, charity, glass, urban glass, weird science, #wp

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20131122_GlassPICKS-1-702x468.jpg)

Urban Glass’ “Weird Science” is a highlight of an action packed weekend.(Photo by Kathleen Caulderwood/ CUNY Photo Wire)

WINE TASTINGS: here’s a [list of seven](/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/) weekly options!

Myrtle Avenue’s [KIDS GUIDE](http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/?ref=bklyner.com) also has great listings.

[Submit your event listing](/calendar/) to our [BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR](/calendar/) or by emailing [editor@bklyner.com](mailto:editor@bklyner.com).

**FRIDAY, MAY 6**

**[Free Friday: Celebrating The Art Of The Written Letter](http://brooklynhistory.org/visitor/freefridays.html?ref=bklyner.com)** 
**When:** Fridays from 5pm – 9pm  
**Where:** The Brooklyn Historical Society at 128 Pierrepont Street (yes, I’m asking you to shlep to Brooklyn Heights)  
**What:** Celebrate the written word with calligraphy, love letter writing, and other assorted activities. Additionally, there’s a workshop on \_how to take the best iPhone photos\_. We could all use that.  
**How much:** FREE

![larry murphy at myrtle comedy via splitting](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screen-Shot-2014-07-03-at-9.56.51-AM.png)

**[Comedy Show](https://www.facebook.com/fivespotsoulfood/photos/a.297218836749.154476.138343356749/10152628313236750/?type=1&theater)**  
**When:** Fridays at 8pm  
**Where:** Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue  
**What:** Free comedy show every Friday night.

**[Karaoke Night](https://instagram.com/p/0GnU8LEHZ3/?taken-by=sip%5Fbar&ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Fridays from 8pm-12am  
**Where:** SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue  
**What:** Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.  
**How much:** FREE

**SATURDAY, APRIL 2**

![Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 10.23.05 AM](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-03-at-10.23.05-AM.png)

This adorable child wants you to Bike The Branches.

**[Bike The Branches](/blog/2016/05/03/support-brooklyn-public-library-bike-branches-saturday/)**  
**When:** 10am – 5pm  
**Where:** The 60+ branches of the Brooklyn Public Library  
**What:** Bike through Brooklyn’s libraries, get “branch passports”, and win all sorts of awards and prizes while raising awareness for a good cause. Adults and children who get the most stamps at the end of the day win prizes.  
**How much:** Free

**[Get Weird With Urban Glass](/blog/2016/05/02/urbanglass-weird-science-this-saturday/)**  
**When:** Saturday, 1pm – 5pm  
**Where:** Urban Glass at 647 Fulton Street  
**What:** Glass working, glass blowing, and flame working. Making glass is (literally) hot and requires lots of science. That science gets weird, and weird is cool.  
**How much:** Free for some activities, not so much for others.

**[Fort Greene Park Greenmarket](/blog/2015/01/23/fort-greene-clinton-hill-events-sunday-january-25/www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/fort-greene)**  
**When:** Every Saturday from 8am-4pm  
**Where:** Washington Park between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues  
**What:** Weekly farmers market with live music and family-friendly activities.

**[ ](/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/safe-disposal-flyer.png)SUNDAY, APRIL 3**

****Park And Bark: 12 Mini-Operas About Fort Greene Park**   
****When:** Sunday at 4pm  
****Where:** Fort Greene Park Visitor’s Center  
****What:** A series of mini-operas about Fort Greene Park and its history from the grad program at Tisch. Go Violets!  
**How Much:** FREE

**Bethel Sports Club’s Free Exercise Class**  
****When:** Every Sunday from 3-4pm  
****Where:** Bethel SDA Health Ministry at 457 Grand Avenue  
****What:** Weekly exercise class with dumbbells, tension ropes, exercise ball, treadmill and the guidance of a certified fitness instructor.  
**How Much:** FREE

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**ONGOING**

**[Show and Tell Photos Of Your Clinton Hill Neighborhood](http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/show-tell-photos-your-cli-clinton-hill-library-080115?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** By appointment  
**Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue  
**What:** Bring a picture and your written short caption/short story that tells the story of your Clinton Hill neighborhood. It can be a picture of a person or persons, a place, a thing, a picturesque memory. All photographic short stories/captions & pictures will be displayed in the Clinton Hill Library for you and your neighbors to see for the month of September 2015\. You can bring in your picture and story into the branch or mail it to 380 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238 or email it to [cclark@bklynlibrary.org](mailto:cclark@bklynlibrary.org)